Dispensing device



Sept. 16, 1930. F. c. GERMONT DISPENSING DEVICE Filed July 8, 1929 Atlorney Inventor Frank B. Travmufiu By %%m/5M Patented Sept. 16, 1930 FRANK c. ennmon'r, or

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Application filed J'u1y 8,

My present invention relates to an improved dispensing device which while adapted for use with various powders or granular material is especially adapted for use infilling salt-cellars and other table articleswith condiments and similar materials.

The device of my invention is automatically operated by pressure from the receptacle to be filled from the containerof the device and 10 spring pressed means are employed within the dispensing device for controlling the feed of the material from the main receptacle and from the discharge hopper. The dispensing device is adapted for use either on a table, or it may be supported on a wall,where it is readily accessible ishing the supply The dispensing device of my invention is simple in construction and reliable in operation, readily assembled during its process of manu-' facture, and very eflicient in the performance of its required functions.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as 2 will hereinafter be more'fully set forth and claimed. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged acin various table articles.

a cording to the best mode I have thus far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention. 7

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device of my invention showing it supported on a wall. Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the device with supporting legs. Figure 3 is a sectional view of the operating parts of the device withthe parts in open position for feeding material from the hopper. Figure 1 is a disassembled view of the operating parts of the device.

In Figure 1 a wall cabinet W having a lid or cover C is equipped with the device of my invention, while in device is provided with supporting legs L and the feet of the legs rest upon a table as T. In either position the salt-cellar 12 is used as a pressure actuatingdevice for operating the dispensing device to fill the receptacle with material from the body 1 and its conical for the purpose of replen-. .q

Figure 2 the dispensing is ha e h p .i'll er m n rec pt le o stor g sp ce 1 m y be c a y desired sh p emit b w en t s re e acle andeic n ortaperingvdi charge hopper 2 a horizontal partition 3 is rigidly-fixed}, The partition has a pair of spaced ports l throughihand a cen: trajl; tube or sleeve 5 extends upwardly from th d seasesmow d p th ch ppe through a joint ring 6 incthe partition,-whe re t eisl veaandring; electu ed-toge h r, as 0 by lder n o-c lzm r d uw u e V The partit on is also formed with ar pair of n sps? l c ed a a ppos t id s fit center of the partition and projectingsabove thetopo f the partitiont. is v a; ith n'th b i sle ve 5a 'ste fi is adapted to, ',ciprocateand near its lower end the s mw afash eued Wi h ater l p 9 that communicates with a longitudinal outlet pen .05 1thel adiqfi e teman r is 7 adapted-tomegister withport 9' thesleeve 5, A-presser headll, of concave 'form is attachedatthe lower endof: the stem; below the conicalldiscl arg e hopper and a salt-och lar 12 or other open-mouthed vesselis pressed Z5 as u ttheleast asa h w n' ina silr s 2 d 3,.whent e'salt cellar is to be fi lledfrom the cho er-- In the container 1 a horiz ontally disposed agitator or, stirrer- An;theform of a spider s0 frame 1 3;'s-.-1ocat and this stirrer is rigid- ,ly, attached toitheiupper end of the stem we? heparti i m A a ha em d st e (are reciprocat d, i t w ill be apparenttha t the 1 radial arms formingthespiderframe will be passed the material in the conata is a er th pu nqsw r a n i mp {a d for vpreventing the material from forming 'a solid body. p A I B low the partitionand itsportsga valve .90

$#P: Yi 9-@ to siitrolzna s bf the terial from the body of the container through the ports to the discharge hopper, and this valve, which is normally open rests upon the tapered wall of the discharge hopper, and is fixed to the slide ring 15 that encircles the" tube or sleeve 5. The valve is also connected to and moves with the spider frame of the stem by means of short rods 16 that pass through openings in the spring cups 7, the 10 ends of the rods being rigidly connected respectively to the valve and to arms of the spider frame. About these rods are coiled springs 17, the lower ends of which bear against the valve at opposite sides of the stem, and the upper ends of the springs are encased within the spring cups.

Thus it will beapparent that the springs normally hold the stem and its presser head projected downwardly below the bottom, of the hopper. When the stem is lifted, as by pressure from the salt-cellar, t0 position-of- Figure 3, the ports 4 are closed by the valve, the port 9 registers with a complementary port 9 in the tube or sleeve 5, and the materialis then-free to fiowthrough these reg istering ports andthence through the port 10 to the salt-cellar. removed, the springs depress the stem to out 01f the ports 9 and 9and project the lower end of the stem as indicated in- Figure 2'. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim asn'e'w and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

l. The combination with'a container, a hop per and a ported partition therebetween, of a central tube rigid with the hopper and partition and provided with an outlet port ported stem within the tube and with a projecting end,

valve, and springs forming parts of-said connectlons for the purpose described";

2. The combination with a container, a hopcentralrigid per, a ported partition and a tube having an outlet port in tlie'liopper, of a ported stem in the tube having an exterior presser head below the hopper, a spider frame on the upper end of the stem in the container, a valve slidable on the tube within the hopper, rods connecting said frame and valve, and springs on the rods between the frame and valve;

3; The combination with al container, a

partition having spring hopper, a ported cups, and a centrarigid tube'having an out let port, of a ported stem in the tube having an exterior presser head, a spider frame on 1 the upper end of the stem, rods passed through said cups and rigidly connecting the valve and spider frame, and springs coiled about said rods in the cups. and bearing on the valve.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si ature. FRANK G.

GERMONT'.

"When the salt cellar is a provided avalfve! below the partitiorr and slidable' on the tube,connections between-the" upper en'dof the stem and the 

